From sharing a dorm room and bathroom, to eating based on meal swipes, and to everything in between, life at college is completely different to being back at home. It's the little things during every day life that reveal these huge differences!
1. Not having to wear shower shoes
The sweet relief of showering in a clean shower and not having to wear those rubber flip flops is one of the biggest perks of coming home from school.
2. Getting to be in your own room...on your own
Going from sharing a room with other people every day and then getting to sleep in your own room is so strange.
3. Getting to sleep past those annoying alarms for early classes
Every college student home for the holidays will do one thing- sleep as much as possible. Having no classes to rush to means you have to spend as much time as possible in bed.
4. Seeing people from high school that you never thought you would see again in random places
Was the last time I spoke to that person four years ago in my high school biology class? Yes. And did I just see them in the supermarket up the street from my house? Yes. And now I don't know how to process that information.
5. Having home cooked meals instead of campus food
For as amazing as it is to have home cooked meals with the family, it will be so much harder to go back to the same old campus foods and salad bar...just enjoying the good food while I can.
6. Seeing family and old friends in person instead of through FaceTime
So many students see their parents and hometown friends only via FaceTime for months straight...now we don't have to!
7. Not needing a student ID card to go everywhere
At school you have to swipe in to your dorm building, and your dorm room, and the dining halls, and certain offices, etc. There's no need for that at home!
8. Having to use real money instead of meal swipes, points, etc.
Just like the ID card swiping to get into places, that's how most college kids buy everything and get food. Now going out to eat means using real money instead of the swipes and points you have left on your card.
9. Realizing after a couple of days how much you miss your college friends
Of course going home for break means serious amounts of family time, and catching up with old friends. But that also means not getting to be with the friends you spend every day with at school.
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